January 12th
Las Vegas University Hospital
It was the day after Inception and Crystal opened her eyes. She had no idea where she was and to be honest everything from the night before seemed to be a blur. She looked around and noticed the IV that was attached to her arm. She heard the beeping from the machine reading her vitals and she could see her name written on a dry erase board along with a chart of care for the day. That is when it finally dawned on her that she was in a hospital. Her head felt like it weighed a ton as she had a headache that just wouldn’t subside. However what really caught her attention was the beautiful blonde that sat next to her bedside and was sleeping peacefully in the chair. That blonde was none other than her estranged wife Seleana. Crystal grimaced in pain as she tried to move and the slight movement disturbed Seleana enough that she woke up. The green eyes of the Swedish beauty gazed into those brown eyes of the Bombshell Champion. There was silence between them as they could only gaze upon one another with a stare. Finally Seleana stood up as she hovered over the bed and looked down at her wife.
“Are you okay chickie?!”Crystal looked confused as she struggled but tried her best to sit up but Seleana was quick to take care of the Latina beauty.
“Yeah, why wouldn’t I be okay?! I still don’t understand what’s going on… It feels like I got hit by a moving truck. I have a headache that won’t go away and I really don’t get why I am in a hospital…” Crystal replied back but Seleana just shook her head as she kept her eyes on Crystal.
“Christina, you just need to stop moving and get your rest. You don’t remember anything that happened do you?!”Crystal just shrugs her shoulders as she sighs in return.
“Not in the least. The last thing that I remembered is that Mercedes and I were going to take on you and Zenna in a wrestling match for the World Championship. Other than that fact everything honestly feels like a blur to me…Considering I am sitting here in this hospital bed I take it that the two of us had that wrestling match and I am going to guess that Zenna put me here because I have been treating you rudely as of lately…”Seleana shakes her head as she looks down at Crystal sighing.
“No, that’s not what happened at all. You really don’t have a clue about anything do you?! Seeing as you don’t know, let me fill you in. Truth is we did have our wrestling match and your team was able to win. Mercedes was being a sore winner and she wanted to do more than just win the match. She wanted to end my career but more importantly she felt like she was entitled to holding your championship. So she snatched it out of the referee’s hand and she smashed it over your head. She hit me with the title too but she used you to make an example. She set up a chair and sent you crashing down on it head first with Black Rose Overdrive…” Seleana gets choked up as she begins to cry as tears flow from out of her eyes. Crystal just looks at Seleana and holds her hand gently.
“Please don’t cry Seleana, you know I don’t like it when you cry…”Seleana begins to scream as she gazes down upon her wife.
“I was afraid! You weren’t moving and I had to watch EMTs carry you out of the arena. I didn’t know what to think but the only thing that ran through my head is why did all of this have to happen to you. In reality it should have been me! Mercedes was going to end me but you stepped up and protected me but I don’t understand… Why did you save me when the only thought that constantly has been running through my head is from our little fight in Mexico all of those months ago…”Seleana chokes up as she continues to share her emotions.
“You told me that you didn’t want anything to do with me. You told me you were through and you stormed out. From that day the two of us haven’t been together, and I knew I just couldn’t stay in any of our houses anymore. I took the kids and I left. I didn’t know if we would find our way together again or if I would even find love again. I had offers but I didn’t want anything but to be a mother and to be there for my children…. Our children… I have so many questions but the main one is why did you save me?! I want to know what changed that made you save me and put yourself in harm's way just to protect me from all people…”Crystal struggles some more but she slowly sits up and moves her feet so that her feet are dangling off of the bed. Seleana keeps her tears flowing as she still gazes into Crystal’s eyes.
“Chickie, you really shouldn’t move. Just stay in bed, you suffered a major concussion and…”Crystal just shakes her head in return as she forms a serious expression and replies back to her wife.
“To be truthful and this is something I do remember. Mexico I was just fed up with how people viewed me. Between having to deal with Alex constantly questioning me if I was having an affair with Mercedes, and you not trusting me feeling that I would pick up on drinking or drugs again, I just really lost it. I take my sobriety very seriously. I will admit sometimes it does get hard and I do go through my share of battles and challenges but I try my best to get through it. I just want you to trust in me but you being direct just set me off. I felt like it went totally against you trusting me as my spouse. I can understand questioning if I had something going on with Mercedes but to question me destroying my commitment of being sober just pushed me over the edge. It was like a direct attack on my character…”Seleana just grabs Crystal’s hand and holds it tighter.
“But here’s the thing Christina… I would never try to do anything to hurt you or say something that would offend you. As your spouse however it is my job to check you, and I was simply being direct. After all, you and I are married to become one person. So if a piece of me isn’t doing the right thing I want to make sure I am doing all of the right things to make sure you are in the best position. I also can incorporate all of my resources. I have family, extended family, and friends who have all struggled with addictions and alcohol so I would get everybody involved so we can come to a solution. Nothing was ever meant to hurt you…”Seleana squeezes even tighter.
“We have children and I just want them to be in the best environment where they could see their mother defeating all of her demons so she could be the best woman that she can be…I am sorry for making you feel like I don’t trust you. The truth is I trust you with everything. You are my other half and life just isn’t the same when you aren’t a continuous focal point in my everyday life. There were things I have done that you didn’t even see to protect you. I dealt with drug dealers trying to extort our family among other things but I overcame them to protect you…”The tall Swedish woman offers more tears as she has become a sobbing mess but Christina is able to finally sit up and she wraps her arms around Seleana and squeezes her as tightly as she can. She refuses to let go as she just gazes up into the woman’s beautiful green eyes.
“You want to know how I feel Seleana?! Honestly the moment I walked away I was afraid… I was afraid of everything. I know we haven’t been together since September but honestly it goes well beyond that going back to July when it seemed like I forgot our anniversary… I really didn’t forget it but I was a scared little girl. I really can’t believe that I am in a relationship where I have been a married woman for eight years. Do you know how crazy it sounds that a couple who met through the wrestling business have been married for eight long years?!”Crystal giggles as she speaks some more.
“That’s not something that seems common anymore, unless you are Christian with his husband or even Roxi and Keira… The two of us have been married for eight years and we have been together for longer than that. You are the longest relationship I have ever been engaged with and I woke up on that day in tears because I couldn’t believe that I found somebody that was willing to put up with a selfish and entitled woman with low self-esteem issues from inner city Detroit… Yet you see me as a Queen and it makes me feel like I am the most beautiful woman in the entire world. I was afraid of feeling that because I don’t do emotions well. That’s the real reason why I picked up on acting or even wrestling because on a movie set or inside the wrestling ring I could channel somebody else…”Seleana cuts Crystal off as she speaks back in return.
“Christina here is the thing that you need to understand though. I know it’s hard to escape and to run away from your emotions, but with me you don’t have to do any of that. I didn’t marry the actress and I certainly didn’t marry the woman inside the ring. I didn’t marry you for the cars, the money or even for the attention. I married you because of the person underneath and for the woman that you are behind all of that. That is who I see when I look at you. I see Christina Hilton Lopez-Zdunich. I see my vulnerable wife and you don’t ever have to act like somebody that you aren’t because I love you for who you are, complete with the flaws and everything. Those quirks and flaws make you perfect and beautiful in my eyes and that’s all that matters to me…”Crystal is finally able to become a wrecked ball of emotions as the tears get the best of her. She just lets the tears fall rapidly down her cheeks. She doesn’t even try to hide them or wipe them away as she replies back.
“Sel I just want to apologize for the way I have been treating you. I love you and you are the best thing to happen in my life. You want to know what changed?! It’s the fact that I don’t ever want to lose you, and I feel my life feels more complete with you in it than you not in it. I just want you to always be by my side and I never want you to leave me. I am sorry for making you think that something was going on with Mercedes and I. She was just a friend or at least I thought she was but I guess I was the gullible one for assuming that she was looking out for my best interest when in reality she was just using me to bring more attention to herself. I hope you can forgive me and that we could perhaps eventually get back to where the two of us used to be…”Seleana just hugs Crystal tighter than before as she looks back into her eyes.
“Christina, I forgive you… Thank you for loving me. As far as what’s next for the both of us the doctors said that you suffered a major concussion… Which means you are out on medical suspension for at least three weeks, four weeks if they don’t see any improvement…”Crystal raises her eyes in disbelief as she just sighs in return.
“Three to four weeks?! That’s a long time, you know how much I love wrestling and I don’t want to be away from the sport for that long…”Seleana nods her head.
“I know… To be honest the recommendation is that you shouldn’t really wrestle anymore considering all the concussions you have suffered throughout your career. They are recommending that you should perhaps retire while you still can. You are at a good place and they just want you to live the rest of your life peacefully…”“Seleana…”Is the only thing that Crystal can say, but Seleana puts a single finger over her lips as she continues to look into the Latina’s eyes.
“However I know you better than anybody and despite what the medical professionals might say I know that will never be the option that you choose because wrestling is where you feel like you…”“No Seleana, that is where you are actually wrong. Wrestling isn’t where I feel like I am me. The only place that I can feel properly like myself is right by your side. Now, forever, and always…If this is what it will come too I know what I will do. It’s the only correct decision to make. I will call Christian during the week and tell him that…”Seleana once again quickly shakes her head as she finishes Crystal’s statement for her.
“What you ARE going to do is take it easy for the next few weeks. You need to rest and I have a feeling that you will have a hard time doing that considering you like to move and bounce around so much. To make sure that you get the proper rest and you pay attention to the doctor’s orders, myself and the kids are going to move back in. We will all make sure that you do the right thing so that you can properly heal and get back to the ring in the best way that you can…You have a World Championship to defend and you will definitely have your share of challengers that will line up to take it away…”Crystal is dumbfounded.
“Wait, Sel does this mean what I think it means. If you are moving back in does that mean that we are?!”Seleana smirks looking back at Crystal.
“Ja… It means we are back together. I need to keep my eye on you Christina and the only way that I can do that is if I am right next to you. After all we did say for better or for worse in our vows didn’t we?!”“Yes Seleana, we did say that… I really don’t deserve you…”“Just promise me one thing when you return. I don’t ever want to see you in this position ever again but you have a whole list of challengers rising up. You need to overcome them all and it might be time to channel the one thing you refuse to channel. Mercedes worked so hard to bring her out but perhaps you should give it to her and everybody who has ever wronged you… It’s time to bring out Crystal Hilton…”“Wait, are you absolutely sure Sel… Do you even know what you are asking of me?!”“Ja, but you don’t need to be afraid. You just need to not unleash her on your loved ones. I know you always say about trying to figure out who you are but the truth is all versions of you are all part of you. That’s the version that I know is dominant in the ring. As long as you know boundaries and don’t hurt the ones who are supporting you. You have nothing to be afraid of… I support you no matter who or what you become…”Crystal grins.
“Well if that’s what you want, that’s what you are going to get. Hell will hath no fury on all those who ever wronged me. I feel like the Bride from Kill Bill and perhaps it’s time to start a list to get through everybody and anybody that told me I didn’t matter. Thank you Sel for being the best wife ever. I love you more than life itself. Let’s go tear some stuff up…”The married couple just hug one another as there is peace and finally reconciliation between the two love birds. As they continue hugging a familiar voice calls out to Crystal. It’s that of Crystal’s longtime frienemy Despayre. He has a whole cart of flowers and balloons.
“I hope you feel better Crystal! Me and Angel saw what you did… You were brave to save your wife so Angel and I wanted to give you this entire cart of flowers and balloons and we hope you recover quickly…”Crystal gives him a stare.
“...Despy did you just swipe a cart of flowers from one of the vendors at this hospital?!”Despayre just smirks.
“Actually it was Angel’s idea and…”Crystal feels something and she quickly turns around in her bed to spot about ten stuffed bears in her bed. She can’t help but giggle.
“What is all of this?!”
Despayre smiles.
“Angel said because you were so nice some of his family want to stay here with you until you recover… You deserve the best Crystal!”Crystal and Seleana can only giggle in return. Maybe doing the right thing had its benefits and winning the appreciation of Despayre again was definitely one of them. It felt good being a good girl…
The World Bombshell Championship.
It’s been a main staple of SCW since the very beginning and it’s definitely had its share of contenders who have come and gone. So many different people have risen up through the ranks in order to be the cream of the crop, to be the very best woman that this company has to offer. Now I will be the first to admit that the title might have been part of a shitshow for the past few months but make no mistake I am ready to take my place as a fighting champion and I am ready to overcome whoever might wish to rise up to the challenge and will do whatever is in their power to take this championship away from me.
I know being the champion comes with a lot of weight but make no mistake about it. The moment I took the title off of Frankie’s hands was the very moment that I knew I was going to be a target with everybody gunning for me. If I can be completely honest. I love this feeling and I never want it to end.
I somehow made it past my first defense but that’s more so because Mercedes was able to strike the blow against my wife and her sister, and she personally retained this title for me. That is not how I envisioned things going with this title but now it’s time to rectify this and bring the division back to its premier glory. A glory where Roxi Johnson could smile because she appreciates seeing the garden that is the Bombshells division in full bloom, and one where women will constantly rise up to the occasion because they all want to be the next thing in this division.
Now that I am not fighting with my wife anymore and things are definitely much better at home I can now focus on the task that is in front of me and that’s stepping into a ring with a very dangerous woman in the form of Kayla Richards.
To be honest I have always come to admire Kayla Richards. We have come to have a respect for one another although sometimes I know she thinks that I am gullible and can’t see that she is actually insulting me to my face and then adding onto the fact that some of her other friends are rubbing it in my face. I get it… In this wrestling business it’s a cutthroat business and it’s either step up or get stomped on.
I learned that lesson at Inception by letting my guard down and fully trusting in Mercedes even though everybody, their mother, and Stevie Wonder were telling me that they could see what was going to happen but I was the ONLY one who was just too naive and couldn’t see it.
I needed to experience it for myself.
Am I furious about the entire situation, of course I am but to be honest what happened definitely needed to happen because I know I did the same thing to so many different people throughout my career.
It was a hard dosage of reality that I needed to feel and it’s a reminder why I don’t ever wish to become that woman ever again. The same woman that people always preached about but I was just too much into myself to really care for any of it.
For the first time ever I truly feel like I am developing my character and I want to do better and be better. I want to show a change and work on making this a consistent thing. Now as far as Kayla goes the two of us go way back. We were involved in different companies and have gone to war with each other, and hell I might as well go even further and say that I have had my ass handed to me by her older sister in the form of Amber Richards on many different occasions.
Kayla has grown and developed as a wrestler in SCW and she has really stood out on her own. No longer in any of her sister's shadows she is now a woman who can beat anybody that crosses her path and doesn’t give a damn at all of the dreams she has to kill in order to get what she wants.
In 2022 she starts to really take off in this company and showcases she is a dominant Internet Champion that won’t be denied. In 2023 she becomes an even better Mixed Tag Team Champion and the two of them just completely dominate an entire division. I doubt there is anybody on the planet that could step up the two of them when they are on their game.
By 2024 she goes on to prove that she hasn’t stopped growing as a competitor when she goes about and defeats Julianna for her first World Championship for eight months, losing it, and then regaining it to hold it for another six months in 2025.
Damn Kayla, within three years of being in this company you are already a multiple time Internet Champion, multiple Tag Champion, and a multiple time World Champion. That in itself is the pure definition of domination and impressive. Kayla has done it all and has held the division down as its main star for over a year or two. Controlling the Mixed division and being the top champion, and even being woman of the year.
Congratulations, but as much as there’s a respect that I will have for the way you have carried the division, the truth is there is somebody that you have yet to really beat in this company and that’s me.
You have beaten everybody put in front of you, you went through a gauntlet of women. I know you have constantly beaten people like Alexandra, Bella, Harper, and so many women like that over and over again. That sounds good on paper but the one woman who has eluded even being in a singles match is that of me.
I will admit that in the time that you rose through the ranks and made it to the top I wasn’t at my best. I was a woman who didn’t give a damn about anything. A woman who was considered a flake at best. A woman who was on the verge of being fired on a week to week basis, and I know that the entire roster didn’t want me around.
Hell I didn’t want me around. These last five years were the toughest for me and they were filled with relapsing and picking up on drugs again. It was about drinking and becoming my own biggest enemy. I know I couldn’t be trusted to do anything and I certainly couldn’t carry a company on my back like you have.
In that way you were better. I know my ceiling these last few years was merely being a Roulette Champion at best and that’s why there were no real plans for me past that point.
However something changed within me. I actually started to give a damn. I put the drugs and the alcohol down, and I focused on being the best version of myself. It may not always look good in my relationships but in that ring I can’t be touched and I feel I am so much better than I was five years ago when I last held the World Championship.
To be honest Kayla when I look at things now you aren’t even on my level. You may have had the best year that you have ever had. You have held that title for a good fourteen months within the last two years which is good but it’s not the best.
What you experienced is something I already did back in 2015 when it was the summer of 2016 when I was most improved and woman of the year in the same year. The difference between the two of us is that I have managed to rise to the top of this company on six different occasions and that’s something that no other man or woman has ever accomplished.
You can be the best for a year or so but I am the best of all time in this company, and I was a Hall of Famer but you were even under contract. The women that you constantly beat over and over again are the same women that I managed to beat when SCW had that tournament to determine who would challenge Frankie next.
Alex, Bella, Harper, I managed to get past them all and you were ousted in the very first round when you lost to Victoria Lyons. I summed up what people have seen from you in a span of two months.
These Bombshells know that I am not the same Crystal that was getting beaten on a weekly basis, it makes a big difference when I am clean and sober, and I actually manage to give a damn at what I am doing.
Long behold let’s all get out of Kayla’s way because she feels she needs to be the focal point of a division. She plans to come in and save the day but if you were really as good and as great as you were you would have beaten Victoria and would have found your way back to EARNING a shot.
No, the only reason why you are here is because you are OWED a rematch and now that you are getting a rematch you want to act all high and mighty.
Excuse my language but you can go royally F*&^ yourself. The world doesn’t revolve around you, but it revolves around me and that’s because I have the title that states I am the best. This is my division and if you want to make yourself seem important you need to get through me to prove that you belong.
I watched a lot of Kayla’s problems and honestly you would think she comes across as a severe alcoholic or a diabetic patient who needs insulin, especially considering all she seems to do is take shot after shot at random people regardless if they still work here or not.
She doesn’t know what it means to move on.
I am not like that because I appreciate everybody who came through these doors. It doesn’t matter if it was Evie Jordan, Melody Grace, Mikah, Sam Marlowe, or Roxi Johnson.
All the way to Andrea Hernandez, Frankie, Bella, and even Alexandra, or even Mercedes old ass.
Tempest, Jessie Salco, Keira Fisher
The truth is I wouldn’t be where I am if I didn’t have tough competition that brought out the best of me on a weekly basis. They all pushed me to my limits and they all are the reason why I am able to push onward and to keep on fighting.
It’s all for the spirit of a good fight. On Sunday you are in for a rude awakening, and I doubt you are going to kill anybody’s dream unless it’s your own. You won’t be beating me. Not now and certainly not ever.
I am the World Champion for a reason and you are going to be introduced with a one way trip back to the bottom of the pecking order. After twelve years in this company I am still accomplishing new feats and people have a hard time at catching up, yourself included.
Come Sunday you will merely be a footnote in my career, but just now when you are on your back glaring up at the bright lights that you aren’t in one of my movies. This is reality and you certainly weren’t good enough.
I will put an end to this charade. I am Crystal Hilton. I am the best and nobody can touch me. Not now and certainly not ever.
Step up or get out of my way Kayla…
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It’s Showtime…. Time to roll the credits…
